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• EU Could Ask Google, Bing To Hang On To Search Data Longer by Laurie Sullivan

  The watchdog group Privacy International will write to more than 200 European organizations this week -- urging to fight the adoption, or a portion, of the EU proposed Written Declaration 29 intended to protect children. The directive aims to serve as part of an early warning system that fights against pedophiles and sex offenders, but points to incorporating stored search engine data to serve as an early warning signal. ...Read the whole story

• Facebook Search Not A Priority Now For The Social Site by Laurie Sullivan

  Speculation that Facebook will allow all Open Graph-enabled Web pages that serve up in searches when a member clicks on the "like" button surfaced Friday, but a company spokesperson dismissed reports. ...Read the whole story

• BlueGlass Searches For CEO, Finds Merger Stumbling Block by Laurie Sullivan

  BlueGlass Interactive will soon have a chief executive officer to lead the newly formed agency. The CEO could come from Zimba, which Yahoo bought for $350 million and then sold to VMware, according to a source close to the deal. ...Read the whole story

• Yahoo Search For PRWeb Queries Serves Up Warning From McAfee Glitch by Laurie Sullivan

  Yahoo Search began displaying an unexpected "Warning: Dangerous Downloads" notice for PRWeb-related search queries earlier this week. The warning began serving up midday Monday, but the press release service did all it could on its own before alerting the search engine and McAfee to the problem. ...Read the whole story

Could Google Be The Itunes Of News? by Kaila Colbin

Let's face it: a fragmented paywall approach to content doesn't serve anyone. Our consumption habits are too dispersed and too immediate to justify paid subscriptions to individual providers. If I'm reading a blog and it links to a source article from a site I don't normally read, I don't want to have to bust out the credit card and pay three bucks to get a bit more info. ...More

• Publisher Sued For Reposting Article Based On His Own Research by Wendy Davis

  Copyright enforcement outfit Righthaven has filed some questionable lawsuits in the past, but really outdid itself in a case against Anthony Curtis, publisher of the Las Vegas Advisor. That lawsuit, one of several filed on Friday, alleges that Curtis infringed copyright by reposting an article from the Las Vegas Review-Journal . Problem is, that article was itself based on an annual survey conducted by Curtis of ticket prices for entertainment shows. ...More

• My Big-Bang Change Theory by Rob Griffin

  Business is moving fast and furious -- which is great, but I keep hearing and reading about two general overarching themes that are going to collide and change how we manage our business. ...More